How I Cook: A Chefs Guide to Really Good Home Cooking
By (Author) Ben Lippett
HarperCollins Publishers
HarperCollins
30th December 2025
United Kingdom
General
Non Fiction
Cooking with specific gadgets, equipment, utensils or techniques
Teaching skills and techniques
Cookery dishes and courses / meals
TV / Celebrity chef / eateries cookbooks
Quick and easy cookery
Hardback
320
Width 195mm, Height 252mm, Spine 23mm
270g
Cook through this book to learn the foundational techniques and the pro tricks to become a better home cook.
One of the most important things you can do whilst cooking is ask why Why am I adding salt now and not later Why has my chocolate mousse split Why does this taste so good!
In his debut book, Ben Lippett shares his years of experience as a professional chef turned home cook to share the hows and whys behind everything we do in the kitchen. Through over 100 recipes, Ben provides timeless techniques and lessons which can go on to be applied to any recipe, allowing you to fold, saut and whisk your way through this book as you gain confidence in the kitchen.
Guided by Bens expert hands and easy to follow voice, How I Cook will be your trusty kitchen companion, teaching you to be a better home cook one recipe at a time.
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Ben is a chef, recipe developer, and self-confessed food nerd. Hes cooked professionally for nearly a decade and worked at restaurants all over the world, and he currently writes and produces recipe content for a variety of digital media outlets. He has previously worked as Senior Food Producer at MOB, where he produced content focused on technique and ingredients to deliver flavour, and is most known for his popular substack How I Cook.